It’s Christmas time. Many venues are dark this week because everyone is spending time with loved ones, and I’m hoping that you are all doing the same. Reflect upon the [...]
Read More →Auld Lang Syne
Once one of the hardest-working, most popular bands in the city, The Poison Control Center, has been largely defunct for the past three years, as the band’s component members have [...]
Read More →Double-dip uproarious
Des Moines is offering a double-dip of comedy right through the double holiday. Downtown there’s a one-man show — “man,” more or less — and on the east side there’s [...]
Read More →Restorations, expansions and horrors
Renaissance and expansion dominated the local art scene in 2015. The most impressive new architectural achievements were restorations. American Enterprise Group (AEG) reopened its historic Sixth Avenue headquarters thanks to [...]
Read More →Merry Christmas!
Twelve drummers drumming… …for Sara Boese at Polk County and Sarai Rice at the Des Moines Area Religious Council, who want to feed the hungry…and John Mauro and the Board [...]
Read More →Don’t be fools
The Republicans, led by President Bush, whipped Americans into a frenzy of fear following 9/11, leading to a disastrous ground war in Iraq. Many Americans were fooled into war by [...]
Read More →Paid for by taxpayers in…
Paid on Dec. 14 Amount: $914.44 To: Plumb Supply Company For: Various products Amount: $62,192.62 To: Union Pacific Railroad Company For: Flashing lights and gates installation Amount: $48.07 To: Midwest [...]
Read More →Think you’re funny? Send us your best caption… Email to: celeste@dmcityview.com This week’s winner: “Promoting a new holiday peppermint candy — they even make your feet smell good.” -Dennis Moore [...]
Read More →The death of shaky video
In the mid 2000s, the journalism industry was abuzz about the prospect of citizen journalists — independent producers who would research topics and illuminate major concerns in the world. Activists [...]
Read More →Awake at last
Let’s get it out of the way up front: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” is a fantastic Star Wars film. Whether or not this makes it a great film in [...]
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